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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,981
    carly burn said:
    Luke Littler

    Currently smashing it up at the palace as we speak.

    He's 16!!!

    You will be hearing his name for many years to come!
    I backed him to win the tournament & e/w 30/1 on B365.
  • jacob_CAFC
    jacob_CAFC Posts: 2,063
    Feel bad for Peter Wright but we'll done to Jim Williams 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,981
    I feel Wright got what he deserved.
    Every year (of late) he turns up to the World Finals messing around with darts that he's not comfortable with and has to switch them.
    Maybe he's not the only one but he's the only one I know that does it every year.

    Perhaps if he acted more professionally, sorted out his darts and spent more time practicing and less time having his hair and beard done, he may recover his previous form.
    At least he'd appear to be acting sensibly if nothing else.
  • R0TW
    R0TW Posts: 1,673
    jacob_CAFC said:
    Feel bad for Peter Wright but we'll done to Jim Williams 
    I don’t, the flash prick.
    commented that this game was a training session for when he meets Bernie.
    Bloke is a me me me type.
    Glad the self centred fool is out.
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,453
    Covered End said:
    carly burn said:
    Luke Littler

    Currently smashing it up at the palace as we speak.

    He's 16!!!

    You will be hearing his name for many years to come!
    I backed him to win the tournament & e/w 30/1 on B365.
    Logic says that when he comes up against the Van Gerwens and Prices experience will probably show.
    But the more I think about it, he was so ice cold for the majority of that match last night I wouldn't put it past him.
  • follett
    follett Posts: 1,032
    There's a few good young talents coming through at the moment but I've never seen anything like that. His side of the draw is looking quite open too so a great chance of progressing
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    carly burn said:
    Covered End said:
    carly burn said:
    Luke Littler

    Currently smashing it up at the palace as we speak.

    He's 16!!!

    You will be hearing his name for many years to come!
    I backed him to win the tournament & e/w 30/1 on B365.
    Logic says that when he comes up against the Van Gerwens and Prices experience will probably show.
    But the more I think about it, he was so ice cold for the majority of that match last night I wouldn't put it past him.
    I don't think he'll win it, but the draw has opened up very nicely for him.  Think he can make quarters/semis, which would still be a fantastic achievement at 16
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,981
    Covered End said:
    carly burn said:
    Luke Littler

    Currently smashing it up at the palace as we speak.

    He's 16!!!

    You will be hearing his name for many years to come!
    I backed him to win the tournament & e/w 30/1 on B365.
    I'm not really expecting him to win/make the final but 30/1 seemed good odds.
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,667
    How's he got a belly like that at 16.
    Took me about 40 years. 
    He is so  dedicated 
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,821
    Well done Luke Littler.

    Bet his wife and kids are well proud of him 
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  • Stefco
    Stefco Posts: 848
    oohaahmortimer said:
    He's got to be the oldest looking 16 year old ever ....30 years old
    A bit like the various African football players.

    This guy is "27", for instance!



    Good on Luke Littler though!

    In fairness, I had a mate who looked about 40 at the age of 17. He still looks the same at 45! Haha!
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,981
    blackpool72 said:
    How's he got a belly like that at 16.
    Took me about 40 years. 
    He is so  dedicated 
    Kebabs every night for dinner by the sounds of it. 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,981
    AFKABartram said:
    Well done Luke Littler.

    Bet his wife and kids are well proud of him 
    His older appearance reminds me of when Wayne Rooney made his Everton debut at the age of 32, erm 16.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,821
    Covered End said:
    AFKABartram said:
    Well done Luke Littler.

    Bet his wife and kids are well proud of him 
    His older appearance reminds me of when Wayne Rooney made his Everton debut at the age of 32, erm 16.
    I said exactly the same thing to my dad tonight!
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,971
    He’s wolfy from inbetweeners


  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 35,987
    Some talent though reading about him. This kid could dominate things if he progresses as expected.

    Won the youth grand prix (U18 tournament) at the age of 12.
    Won his first senior title at 14. 
    9 dart finish in a tournament at 14.
    Hit an average of 121 in a match at 15.
    Highest ever debut average in the World darts championship at 16.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    The prodigy that is Luke Littler started playing Darts at 18 months; his older sister had her ears pierced at 3 🤔
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,453
    He could be 40, (maybe he is?) And I'd still be amazed by what he's done in his first tournament so far.

    People are making it sound like he's the 'big for his age kid' you used to come up against at Hackney Marshes that used to run rings around your under 11 side but see walking in the pub 3 hours later!
  • Briston_Addick
    Briston_Addick Posts: 11,677
    soapboxsam said:
    The prodigy that is Luke Littler started playing Darts at 18 months; his older sister had her ears pierced at 3 🤔
    Did it take him 18+ months to hit the target?
  • Briston_Addick
    Briston_Addick Posts: 11,677
    edited December 2023
    Poor Mickey Mansell.

    Hit more 180s than Brendan Dolan (5 v 4)

    Hit more 140+ than Dolan (27 v 13)

    Higher average than Dolan (95.36 v 95.13)

    Won more legs than Dolan (15 v 13)

    Dolan through to Third Round, winning 3 sets to 2, final set on a tiebreak 6-5
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  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    Briston_Addick said:
    soapboxsam said:
    The prodigy that is Luke Littler started playing Darts at 18 months; his older sister had her ears pierced at 3 🤔
    Did it take him 18+ months to hit the target?

    Wasn't his twin sister 😂
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,724
    Incredible performance from Ricky Evans to knock out Nathan Aspinall. Been a great 2nd round for knocking out seeded players 
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,453
    First time there yesterday afternoon.

    It was like being in the largest, wildest pub ever!
    Loved it
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,981
    We've gone annually for more than 10 years.
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,240
    Last time I went was new years day maybe 2009, got to see Mervyn King v someone and Taylor v Stompe in the quarter finals. What always made me laugh until they assumingly went card only the beer tokens. You'd have bookmakers walking around with wadfuls of cash and nobody paying a blind bit if attention but the beer token place had bullet proof glass, security everywhere as those tokens were the most valuable currency, the only currency in there that mattered. Met Stompe on the way out and he swore as much as you'd expect a dutchman to swear. Gorgeous
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,589
    Covered End said:
    We've gone annually for more than 10 years.
    Had to double check that post to be sure you meant you go every year. 
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    Covered End Posts: 51,981

  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,821
    Anderson out and Littler wins the opening set v Barney 
  • up_the_valley
    up_the_valley Posts: 4,186
    Not sure why the "Luke the Nuke" thread was closed tbh. It's about a specific player and his ongoing progress in the sport, which would get lost in here. 
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,453
    up_the_valley said:
    Not sure why the "Luke the Nuke" thread was closed tbh. It's about a specific player and his ongoing progress in the sport, which would get lost in here. 
    Luke the Nuke will be in this thread for decades to come!!

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